Sicilia (Roman province)
Sicilia (
Latin forSicily ) was the name given to the first province acquired by theRoman Republic , organised in241 BC as aproconsul ar governed territory, in the aftermath of theFirst Punic War withCarthage .For the next six centuries, Sicily was a province of the Roman Republic and
Roman Empire . It was something of a rural backwater, important chiefly for its grainfields which were a mainstay of the food supply of the city of Rome. The empire did not make much effort to Romanize the region, which remained largely Greek. The most notable event of this period was the notorious misgovernment ofVerres , as recorded byCicero in70 BC in his oration, "In Verrem ".Despite its largely neglected status, Sicilia was able to make a contribution to Roman culture through the historian
Diodorus Siculus and the poetCalpurnius Siculus . The most famous archeological remains of this period are the mosaics of a nobleman's villa in present dayPiazza Armerina .It was also during this period that in Sicilia we find one of the very first Christian communities. Amongst the very earliest Christian martyrs were the Sicilians
Saint Agatha ofCatania andSaint Lucy of Syracuse.In
440 , Sicilia fell to the Vandal KingGeiseric . After the Byzantine conquest of the Vandal Kingdom, it became again a Roman Province.ee also
History of Sicily [nl:Sicilia (Romeinse prrey6t9845u6-80erut08erut [094UT] PU-QE7HYovincie)]
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